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, national editor for the cook political report and christie parsons, white house correspondent for the "chicago tribune," "los angeles times" and six other papers. the president has been faulted for not going to war for w the issues with congress to push his priorities in the past. is this different? >> this is different. you remember in the first term he tried to do this in a more traditional way. he sat down with members of congress had rahm emanuel go over to work out the details. is and it took a while to pass health care reform and it was a really important moment for president and i think what he learned from that, what we saw over the first term was that going out and talking to people around the country, broadcasting his own message, explaining it in his own words he felt was more effective and i think the white house felt that put them ahead of the message war when they let the president talk and explain things and do it without the media filter. >> suarez: one common filter of these speechs is when he makes the pitch and says make your member of congress do this -- >> right.
, national editor for the cook political report and christie parsons, white house correspondent for the "chicago tribune," "los angeles times" and six other papers. the president has been faulted for not going to war for w the issues with congress to push his priorities in the past. is this different? >> this is different. you remember in the first term he tried to do this in a more traditional way. he sat down with members of congress had rahm emanuel go over to work...
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history->> in a 2010 speech on space exploration, president obama pressed for further discovery. the space program heeded thellnd -call and recently launched asteroid redirect mission, an ambitious program to capture a -small asteroid. nasa is also already at work on the orion and the space launch system. syst new designs for man/space exploration. joel is looking at all of the questions connected to nasa as part of a new series by the washington post. the first article ran this week. it focused on the asteroid project called mission improbable.. -joel joins me now. why mission improbable. mission newshour. improbably. here.-this is a challenging situation for nasa. if you're the agency, where are you going to go, what are you going to do. this is a question tha posed for really for decades now. really for decades now. we want to go to mars but really hard. it would be very expensive it's exp very challenging technically toengi go to mars with human beings and to bring them back alive.->> too far away. >> it would cost many billions cost m of dollars. of dollars. the current poli
history->> in a 2010 speech on space exploration, president obama pressed for further discovery. the space program heeded thellnd -call and recently launched asteroid redirect mission, an ambitious program to capture a -small asteroid. nasa is also already at work on the orion and the space launch system. syst new designs for man/space exploration. joel is looking at all of the questions connected to nasa as part of a new series by the washington post. the first article ran this week. it...
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-but facing budget cutbacks and political pressures, that nassau now faces a loosming question, what comes next. >> we'll start by sending astronauts to an asteroid for the first time in history. >> in a 2010 speech on space exploration, president obama the space program heated the call and recently launched allegeasteroid redirect mission an ambitious program to capture a small asteroid. nasa is already at work on the orion and the space launch system, new designs for man space exploration. joel is looking at all of the questions connected to nasa as part of a new series by the washington post. the first article ran this week project called mission improbable. -joel joins me now. why mission improbably. newshour. here.-this is a challenging situation for nasa. if you're the agency, where are you going to go, what were you going to do. this is a question that's been foesedposed really for decades now. we want to go to mars but that's really hard. it would be very expensive, it's -very challenging technically to >> far away. >> it would cost many billions of dollars. the current polic
-but facing budget cutbacks and political pressures, that nassau now faces a loosming question, what comes next. >> we'll start by sending astronauts to an asteroid for the first time in history. >> in a 2010 speech on space exploration, president obama the space program heated the call and recently launched allegeasteroid redirect mission an ambitious program to capture a small asteroid. nasa is already at work on the orion and the space launch system, new designs for man space...
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and constructive exchange of letters with president obama on the issue, which the white house confirmed. the iranian leader has already transferred responsibility for nuclear negotiations from iran's conservative military to the foreign ministry. and, on monday, the country's new atomic energy head pledged increased cooperation with u.n. inspectors. during an interview on telemundo this week, president obama said he welcomes the apparent diplomatic thaw. >> there are indications that rouhani, the new president, is somebody who is looking to open dialogue with the west and with the united states, in a way that we haven't seen in the past. and so we should test it. >> ifill: other signs of defrosting: iranian authorities unexpectedly released 11 prominent political prisoners yesterday, including nasrin sotoudeh, a prominent human rights lawyer. and earlier this month, in a tweet, rouhani wished the world's jews a happy rosh hashanah. rouhani's change in tone, at least, stands in stark contrast to the heated rhetoric of mahmoud ahmadiniejad, the previous president, who routinely attacked t
and constructive exchange of letters with president obama on the issue, which the white house confirmed. the iranian leader has already transferred responsibility for nuclear negotiations from iran's conservative military to the foreign ministry. and, on monday, the country's new atomic energy head pledged increased cooperation with u.n. inspectors. during an interview on telemundo this week, president obama said he welcomes the apparent diplomatic thaw. >> there are indications that...
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economic inequality his highest priority and blasted partisan politics in washington for undermining continued recovery. >> with an endless parade of distractions, political posturing and phony scandals, washington has taken its eye off the ball. and i am here to say this needs to stop. this needs to stop. >> brown: president obama kicked off his push to re-focus on jump-start the economy at knox college in galesburg, illinois-- the site of his first major speech as a freshman senator in 2005. >> this moment does not require short-term thinking. it does not require having the same old stale debates. our focus must be on the basic economic issues that the matter most to you-- the people we represent. >> brown: the president said five cornerstones support his plan to rebuild america's middle class. >> good job, a good education for your kids, a home of your own, secure retirement. fifth, i will keep focusing on health care, because middle- class families and small business owners deserve the security of knowing that neither illness nor accident should threaten the dreams you've worked
economic inequality his highest priority and blasted partisan politics in washington for undermining continued recovery. >> with an endless parade of distractions, political posturing and phony scandals, washington has taken its eye off the ball. and i am here to say this needs to stop. this needs to stop. >> brown: president obama kicked off his push to re-focus on jump-start the economy at knox college in galesburg, illinois-- the site of his first major speech as a freshman...
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now, more on president obama's nomination of janet yellen to be chair of the federal reserve bank. the formal announcement came this afternoon. the white house event capped a prolonged, politically charged search for a successor to ben bernanke, whose second term ends in january. yellen emerged as front-runner after former treasury secretary lawrence summers withdrew from consideration. the president predicted today she will prove an exceptional choice. >> she doesn't have a crystal ball, but what she does have is a keen understanding about how markets and the economy work, not just in theory but also in the real world. and she calls it like she sees it. not surprisingly, she is held in high esteem by colleagues across the country and around the world who look to the united states, as i said, and the fed for leadership. >> woodruff: yellen is 67, and has been the fed's vice-chair since 2010. now, she stands to become one of the first women to lead any country's central bank and by far, the most prominent woman to do so. she spoke today of the job that lies ahead. >> the mandate of
now, more on president obama's nomination of janet yellen to be chair of the federal reserve bank. the formal announcement came this afternoon. the white house event capped a prolonged, politically charged search for a successor to ben bernanke, whose second term ends in january. yellen emerged as front-runner after former treasury secretary lawrence summers withdrew from consideration. the president predicted today she will prove an exceptional choice. >> she doesn't have a crystal ball,...
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so how will the politics of this new effort shake out on capitol hill? we asked two senators from the gang of eight. first my conversation with democratic senator dick durbin of illinois. i talked to the majority whip just a short time ago. senator durbin, thank you very much for joining us. i think one of the main questions i'm hearing is, what does this proposal mean for people living in this country illegally right now? what would happen to them? >> basically it would give them a chance to go through a criminal background check to make certain that there are no problems in terms of their background, to pay a fine, to pay their taxes, and then they would be here in a probationary status where they could not be deported. they could work. and we watched them as a number of other things evolve and progress under the bill. border security leading to green cards, leading to citizenship. >> woodruff: we hear some advocacy organizations saying, wait a minute. even that level of requirement is going to be a disincentive. they're not going to want to sign up if
so how will the politics of this new effort shake out on capitol hill? we asked two senators from the gang of eight. first my conversation with democratic senator dick durbin of illinois. i talked to the majority whip just a short time ago. senator durbin, thank you very much for joining us. i think one of the main questions i'm hearing is, what does this proposal mean for people living in this country illegally right now? what would happen to them? >> basically it would give them a...
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>> there is tons of politics. the obama administration has been saying that we really need this power of recess appointments because over the past 2, 3, 4, 5, years, congress has gotten, the republicans in congress have gotten far more partisan. they've gotten much, much more aggressive about preventing confirmation of nlrb appointees and of judicial appointees. and i'm sure that many in the obama administration are really tremendously up set by this decision because it really might seriously block their ability to name the people that they feel under the constitution they have the right to nominate. >> all right, steven greenhouse of the "new york times," thanks so much for joining us. >> nice to be here. >> brown: coming up-- location reports from two newshour correspondents: margaret warner in jerusalem, and ray suarez in davos, switzerland. plus, the advances against islamist rebels in mali; zero waste in san francisco; and shields and brooks. but first, the other news of the day. here's kwame holman. >> holma
>> there is tons of politics. the obama administration has been saying that we really need this power of recess appointments because over the past 2, 3, 4, 5, years, congress has gotten, the republicans in congress have gotten far more partisan. they've gotten much, much more aggressive about preventing confirmation of nlrb appointees and of judicial appointees. and i'm sure that many in the obama administration are really tremendously up set by this decision because it really might...
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but what this shows is that there is a political commitment on the part of president obama and his top deputies to really use the levers that they control where they don't need congress to address carbon emissions nationwide. >> srennivasan: does this particular rule change signal what will inevitably come to existing coal plants? is it a slippery slope that the coal industry is trying to avoid? >> well, again, it shows that they are going to address this, gina mccarthy, the epa administrator made it clear that people don't necessarily have to read the tea leaves in this proposal to see what's going to happen when they tackle existing plants. right now, in fact, she used this proposal as a launching point to say that epa is going to reach out to whether it's the states as well as utilities, across the country to really begin the discussions about what will it look like to regulate existing plants, you know, going forward. but you know t clearly shows that they are going to push the energy. that they are comfortable with the idea of using the clean air act to drive the deployment of pol
but what this shows is that there is a political commitment on the part of president obama and his top deputies to really use the levers that they control where they don't need congress to address carbon emissions nationwide. >> srennivasan: does this particular rule change signal what will inevitably come to existing coal plants? is it a slippery slope that the coal industry is trying to avoid? >> well, again, it shows that they are going to address this, gina mccarthy, the epa...
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in a letter to the president yesterday, mccain and five other senators of both parties urged mr obama to press maliki to formulate a comprehensive political and security strategy that can stabilize the country. high on their list of complaints: iran's influence in iraq, and iran's use of iraqi airspace to transit military assistance into syria to support president bashar assad and his forces. iraq's ambassador to the u.s., lukman faily, says baghdad has told iran it won't tolerate such overflights of weapons. but until promised u.s. fighter jets are delivered next fall, he insists, there is little his country can do. >> we think it's a bit unfair for others to ask us to stop a plane or to stop a plane while we haven't got the capabilities to force down a plane. to force it down. we don't have the f16 or any of that type of fighter to try to force a plane >> i just think it's an excuse. there are plenty of nations who don't have the ability to police their airspace yet they don't allow overflights particularly of this nature. look, these are plane load after plane load of lethal weapon
in a letter to the president yesterday, mccain and five other senators of both parties urged mr obama to press maliki to formulate a comprehensive political and security strategy that can stabilize the country. high on their list of complaints: iran's influence in iraq, and iran's use of iraqi airspace to transit military assistance into syria to support president bashar assad and his forces. iraq's ambassador to the u.s., lukman faily, says baghdad has told iran it won't tolerate such...
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in contrast president obama said the way to dishonor trayvon martin's legacy would be to respond with violence. also with politically motivates, in has been a rising expectation in some areas of the country that this verdict may be overwhelmed by federal action. it was probably even more after attorney general holder said the other day, sort of a diamond in the chandelier in the speech was, don't expect that to happen. >>brown: leonard pitts, react to what you hear around the table but also the continuing conversation that the president was talking about, not national conversation but some kind of conversation among people in their communities. >> well reacting to what i just heard, i think it's rather i facile to say these black kids are essentially rub i riot and we need to talk about that. the fact of the matter is, according to every center i have seen, african americans are not necessarily more criminal than their counterparts they are forwarded into the criminal justice system more than their counterparts. when you have a situation where african americans account for 15% of the
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kerry also addressed the political crisis in egypt. the obama administration has declined to say the military ouster of president mohammed morsi was a coup. kerry said the military did not take over, but in his words is restoring democracy. he said millions of egyptians asked the armed forces to intervene. egypt's interior ministry offered safe passage today to thousands of morsi supporters, if they end two large sit-ins in cairo. the offer came a day after the interim cabinet ordered police to break-up the demonstrations, but gave no timetable. even so, there was no sign today the protesters plan to move on, despite the risk of new bloodshed. instead, the muslim brotherhood called for a mass march tomorrow. charges of election fraud echoed across zimbabwe today, as votes were counted in yesterday's presidential contest. the opposition charged the outcome has been fixed by robert mugabe, the 89-year-old president who's led the country for 33 years. we have a report from neil connery of "independent television news." >> reporter: as the
kerry also addressed the political crisis in egypt. the obama administration has declined to say the military ouster of president mohammed morsi was a coup. kerry said the military did not take over, but in his words is restoring democracy. he said millions of egyptians asked the armed forces to intervene. egypt's interior ministry offered safe passage today to thousands of morsi supporters, if they end two large sit-ins in cairo. the offer came a day after the interim cabinet ordered police to...
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now, if you vote with barack obama in 2013, will it be the kiss of death in 2016 for the republicans? so i mean, it's a very, very politically-- politically it's incredibly thorny. >> historically, presidents have been able to rally public opinion and congressional opinion. i think that's much less true today, especially in washington. this is not that washington anymore where you had a whole bunch of republicans, especially, who are basically national security whrons are going to support an intervention. those republicans are really a very small number here. the democrats have-- >> woodruff: iraq changed that. >> before iraq, on the democratic side, you had a number of democrats who would support intervention for human rights and humanitarian. but now, iraq has changed that. so that number is smaller. and so on both republican and dpaement side, you have less instinctual support for a presidential interengz. >> woodruff: but, mark, you're arguing he should have gone to congress to get authorization, but it's very unlikely-- >> i don't think it's unlikely. i would not bet against the
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a mcauliffe victory would bring to an end a 40-year trend in virginia politics. since 1973, the state has elected a governor from the opposite party that won the white house the year before. with president obama's re- election last year, cuccinelli is hoping that tradition continues. the g.o.p. firebrand was elected virginia's attorney general by 15 points in 2009. in that role, he has challenged the obama administration over health care and environmental regulation. and that's a theme he's continued to play up throughout the campaign. >> i'm kind of glad the president is coming to campaign for my opponent. let there be no lack of clarity as we get to next tuesday. send them a message! >> reporter: it's a tactic cuccinelli also has used on television, where he's tried to tie his opponent to the health care law. >> terry mcauliffe: expand obamacare, increase taxes. ken cuccinelli: create jobs, cut taxes. to stop obamacare and higher taxes, there's only one choice. >> reporter: unlike his rival, mcauliffe supports expanding medicaid under the affordable care act. h
a mcauliffe victory would bring to an end a 40-year trend in virginia politics. since 1973, the state has elected a governor from the opposite party that won the white house the year before. with president obama's re- election last year, cuccinelli is hoping that tradition continues. the g.o.p. firebrand was elected virginia's attorney general by 15 points in 2009. in that role, he has challenged the obama administration over health care and environmental regulation. and that's a theme he's...
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but in syria, president bashar al assad praised the action saying it meant the end of political islam. meanwhile the obama administration is treading carefully in its response to the developments in egypt. in a written statement, the president acknowledged the grievances of the egyptian people but said he was deeply concerned about the military's removal of morsi and the future of democracy in egypt. at the white house, president obama met on this holiday with members of his national security team to discuss the situation in egypt. his staff has contacted officials in cairo today. for more on what egypt's leadership change means for the country and the region, i'm joined by shibley telhami, the anwar sadat professor of peace and development at the university of maryland. his latest book is "the world through arab eyes: arab public opinion and the reshaping of the middle east." and hussein ibish, a commentator and blogger who writes a weekly column on the middle east for "foreign policy" and the daily beast. welcome to you both to the program. >> hussein ibish, first of all what do you
but in syria, president bashar al assad praised the action saying it meant the end of political islam. meanwhile the obama administration is treading carefully in its response to the developments in egypt. in a written statement, the president acknowledged the grievances of the egyptian people but said he was deeply concerned about the military's removal of morsi and the future of democracy in egypt. at the white house, president obama met on this holiday with members of his national security...
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so for the obama administration, the timetable of this is going to overlap or coincide very likely with that decision. so a lot of what happens over the next nine months may be political, who is joining the task force, what are they asking for, how does this dovetail with the political case he's making that he's a steward of the environment. >> margaret, thanks so much. >> you it. ♪ >>> and now to our signature segment featuring in-depth reporting from around the nation and from around the world. for years now energy companies have been drilling underground to extract natural gas using a process known as fracking and for just as long, many environmentalists have insisted that it's just not that safe. we look at an unlikely coalition that has formed in pennsylvania between some environmental lifts and a number of oil and gas companies. they say it will allow fracking to continue and ensure that safeguards are taken. rick carr reports. >> environmentalists have been protesting against fracking in pennsylvania ever since the natural gas boom about ten years ago. >> a resounding no to fra
so for the obama administration, the timetable of this is going to overlap or coincide very likely with that decision. so a lot of what happens over the next nine months may be political, who is joining the task force, what are they asking for, how does this dovetail with the political case he's making that he's a steward of the environment. >> margaret, thanks so much. >> you it. ♪ >>> and now to our signature segment featuring in-depth reporting from around the nation...
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> sreenivasan: wonder what paul would look like if his image was morphed with the face of president obama or mitt romney? take a look on our website. also there, read more from paul's conversation with jeremy bailenson on how virtual reality could influence political choices. >> suarez: again, the major developments of the day: the prosecution wrapped up its case against george zimmerman, charged in the shooting death of trayvon martin, an unarmed teenager, in sanford, florida. house republicans pushed through a scaled-down farm bill after delaying action on food stamps. and in iraq, 40 or more people were killed in a series of bombings and shootings as the muslim holy month of ramadan began. >> sreenivasan: and some economic stories to find online. we reported the dow soared today, but one feisty financial economist predicts a major market drop in the near future. find that on making sense. also there, just how important is speed to high-frequency stock trading? traders who pay extra to get data two milli-seconds ahead of others can end up with a significant advantage. plus, a follow-up
> sreenivasan: wonder what paul would look like if his image was morphed with the face of president obama or mitt romney? take a look on our website. also there, read more from paul's conversation with jeremy bailenson on how virtual reality could influence political choices. >> suarez: again, the major developments of the day: the prosecution wrapped up its case against george zimmerman, charged in the shooting death of trayvon martin, an unarmed teenager, in sanford, florida. house...